congressional acts
Laws from Congress
Congressional acts are laws passed by the United States Congress—legislation that has been approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President (or passed over a presidential veto).
The term distinguishes federal statutes from executive orders, judicial rulings, or state laws: The Congressional acts of the New Deal transformed American economic policy.
- spending billLaw authorizing government expenditures
- committee hearingsOfficial legislative inquiry sessions
- floor debatesSpoken disputes among legislators
- roll call voteVoting by individual announcement
- constitutional challengesCourt cases testing governmental powers
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congressional actsexecutive orders
Presidential directives with legal force
presidential decrees · executive actions · presidential proclamations · presidential directives · royal decrees
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